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Reconsidering care for frail older people

Paul Webster

Year: 2015 Journal:   Canadian Medical Association Journal Vol: 187 (10)Pages: E311-E312   Publisher: Canadian Medical Association

Abstract

With the number of Canadians over 65 set to double in the next 20 years and the number over 80 set to quadruple over the next 30 years, a growing number of health care planners and geriatricians think “frailty” should be formally adopted as a clinical concept within elder care. But what, beyond

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Set (abstract data type) Gerontology Health care Older people Computer science MEDLINE Medicine Political science

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Frailty in Older Adults
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Geriatrics and Gerontology

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